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  • Nº236 # Date: 2023-06-22 - 06:54
  • # Max Depth: 18.6m Duration: 71mins
Diver's Notes

Zodiac to boat drift
Reef on right hand side and headed from North East to South to get to the boat
Dropped into a bit of current, Nice dive - Large Lionfish, Arabian Angelfish, Blue Spotted Rays Masked puffers, Speckled Hawkfish and several clownfish in Anemones, Sleeping Starry Puffer, Pyjama Nudis and two Octopus, the second walking along the reef. Able to go back and observe the second octopus but had been spooked so in camo. Also a small crab in a Blenny hole but as yet unidentified

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 29°C Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Drift, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Cressi Sub - Ultralight
  • Boots: Cressi Sub - Isla
  • Camera: Gopro - Hero 10 Black
  • Camera: Olympus - Tough TG6
  • Computer: Suunto - D5
  • Fins: Atomic Aquatics - Split Fins
  • Light: Sealife - Seadragon 2500 Lumen x2
  • Mask: Atomic Aquatics - Venom Blue
  • Other: AquaTec - Dive Alert V2
  • Other: Suunto - Tank Pod
  • Weights: 2 kg
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Dive Shop & Buddies
  • Dive buddies: Chris Harman
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 32
  • 15L Steel     207 → 52 bar
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  • Average depth: 13.5m
Data provided by EOL.org

Species Identified

Amphiprion bicinctus Rüppell, 1830 (threebanded anemonefish) Inhabits lagoons and outer reefs. Oviparous, with elliptical eggs . Monogamous . Has been reared in captivity . Associated with the anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor, Heteractis aurora, Heteractis crispa, Heteractis magnifica, and Stichodactyla gigantea .
Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) (Devil firefish) Lives in coastal waters in muddy habitats . Fin spines highly venomous, may cause human death .
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Pterois radiata Cuvier, 1829 (Radial firefish) A generally uncommon species that inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs . Prefers rocky reefs and seems to avoid stony corals. Coastal, sometimes in surge zones where in narrow crevices, or along rock-walls in small caves . ...
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Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) (White-spotted puffer)
Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) (Coral hawkfish)
Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (Octopus coral) zooxanthellate
Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775) (Bluespotted ribbontail ray) Blue-spotted stingrays live alone or in small groups , migrating in large schools into shallow sandy areas on the rising tide in order to feed, and dispersing back into the ocean as the tide falls to shelter in the coral c...
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Chromodoris kuiteri Rudman, 1982 (Kuiter's nudibranch)

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